Car-coupling



(No Model.)

0. 0. DELANO.

. OAR COUPLING. Y No. 277,242. Patented May 8,1883. F1571 I r 1 r t w t [lye j d .e 5-, ,7 .7 1 c 1 1L fi fl fi L I WrINEssEss 21% 2222; @a%% MM 2% flg ig fa, ATTORNEYS UNITE STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CLARENCE G. DELANO, OF MUSSON, LOUISIANA.

CAR-COUPLING.

- SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 277,242, dated May 8, 1883.

Application filed August 16, 1882. (No model.)

[0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CLARENCE U. DELANO, of Musson Station, in the parish of Iberville andState of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Oar-Coupling, of which thefol lowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to improvements in carcouplings; and it consists in the peculiar construction and arrangement of the parts, as hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is 'to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this-specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure l is aperspective view of a platform, draw-head, pin, and coupling-link with my improved contrivances. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the draw-head, and Fig. 3 is a section of Fig. 2 on line m w.

I use a draw-head, a, of ordinary form, but make the pin bwith flat sides, also the hole 0 for the pin to prevent it from turning in the forked end (I of an elbow-lever, e, which I pivot at fin the upper part of the draw'head with the lower arm projecting through a slot, g, in the link-socket h, where the end of the link i will strike it and swing the upper end forward to detach the pin and let it fall through the link and secure it self-actingly, the pin having a head, t, to rest on the fork d.

The link-raiser consists of the bent rodj, rising up through holes it into the groove Z under the link and in front of the coupling-pin, where it rests, so as not to obstruct the entry of the 1 link when coupling, said rod being suspended by chain m and arm n from a shaft, 0, fixed across the front end of the platform or car, so as to be turned by cranksp on the end of the crank-shaft 0 and at the sides of'the car.

When the cars are to be coupled the pin of the one into which the link is to enter is set up on the lever e, as in Fig. 2. Thelink-raiser of the car containing the link is then turned so as to'raise up theprojecting link high enough to enter the socket of the draw-bar to which it is to be coupled, and so held until the link enters and trips the pin, thus enabling the cars to be-safely' coupled.

Having thus fully described my invention,

I-claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with the draw-head a, provided with the slot 0, having fiat sides, and link-socket h, having slot g, of the trip elbowlever e, pivoted atf, and having its lower arm projecting through the slot 9, and provided with a forked upper end, (1, pin 11, provided with flat sides and head t, and adjustable link i, substantially as shown and described.

2. The combination with the draw-head a, provided withthe link'socket h, holes is, and groove l, of the bent rod j, chain m, arm u, and shaft 0, provided with cranks p at the sides scribed. p CLARENCE G. DELANO. Witnesses:

A. P. ALLAIN, ()SGAR A. DROZ.

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